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xerp2914on Google: Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps

Not surprising after their fawning at the inauguration. Google loves the toddler in chief.

xerp2914on Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout

Meanwhile POTUS has his head stuck in the sand [0]:

> “All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far, they are not able to find any. They use coal, and they use oil and gas and some nuclear, not much. But they don’t have windmills, they make them and sell them to suckers like Europe, and suckers like the United States before.”

One of the most factually BS statements ever.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattrandolph/2026/01/12/china-d...

xerp2914on In the Matter of Lisa Cook

The whole DEI/incompetence accusation is pretty rich if you look at the people Trump has appointed? From Twitter influencers to Fox News hosts - it's the most unqualified cabinet in American history.

xerp2914on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA

It's not that easy according to the post:

> U.S. customs is demanding a Certificate of Analysis (which could cost thousands of dollars and to determine what exact amount of Aluminum, Copper and Steel are in the product), otherwise they assume the entire PCB consists of copper, aluminum, and steel, and charge a 100% tariff on the whole product. This is a prime example of unnecessary complexity in international trade.

Also why would they go through all that trouble? Easier to not sell there anymore.

xerp2914on We accidentally built the wrong internet

iDEAL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDEAL

It'll be replaced by Wero at some point. Wero is being rolled out in other European countries right now:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_(payment)

xerp2914on Ask HN: Which RSS reader do you use?

Is it me or are RSS feeds making a comeback on HN? Very happy to see this trend!

xerp2914on Confession: I Barely Use Web3

> Existing lobbying organizations, legacy industry, media, internet trolls and other anti-bodies are actively hostile to the space and intentionally slowing down progress. Even the rest of the technology industry actively hates crypto.

So everyone hates crypto and that's why Web3 is not taking off? Really? It's much more likely that there are simply no convincing practical use cases for it, and that's why all these people have been ignoring it, rightly so.

xerp2914on Roaming Rocks

Ambiguous title for HN :) I expected this to be an article about mobile device roaming.

xerp2914on We use our own hardware at Fastmail

100% this. I migrated from Gmail to Fastmail about 5 years ago and it has been rock solid. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner.

xerp2914on Why we use our own hardware

Under Settings => Domains you can add additional domains. If you use Fastmail as domain registrar you have to pay for each additional domain, of course.

xerp2914on Berlin-Paris high-speed rail route symbolizes Europe's thirst for train travel

I'd take 8 hours on a train where I can relax, read a book or do some work over 9 hours driving.